What is bow legs?

In this video, Dr. donghoon Lee talks about bowlegs.  He mainly focuses on mentioning about different kinds of bowlegs, how you can determine whether you have bowlegs or not, as well as how you recover from bowlegs

To check whether you have bowlegs or not, you stand up straight with putting your feet and ankle together.
If the knee cap faces front, it is angular deformity
If the patella faces each other, you have rotational deformity bowlegs 
To correct bow legs, no matter the bow legs are from angular deformity or rotational deformity, non-surgical treatment such as orthotherapy does not work.
It is mandatory for the patients to undergo the surgery to correct the bow legs 


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Athletic Abilities after Cosmetic Leg Lengthening

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  In this video, Dr. Donghoon Lee talks about regaining the athletic abilities after the leg lengthening surgery.  He shows his patient's case including the x-ray and the patient's athletic movements.   The patient maintains decent athletic abilities such as sprinting, jumping, and lifting weight even after the surgery.  The patient oneself also feels that he has recovered almost 100% from the pre-op.   The patient in the video lengthened 5cm in femur.  You can check the leg's length difference by looking at the before(left) & after(right) photo  According to Dr. Lee's study, the recovery of femur is much better in terms of athletic abilities recovery.  (compared to tibia) Dr. Lee claims that the key to the athletic abilities recovery is the rehabilitation.  If you dedicate yourself to rehab and work hard, you will be able to recover the athletic abilities fully(almost 100%) even after the surgery.  
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Dr. Lee's Simultaneous Lengthening Program

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    In this video, Dr. Donghoon Lee introduces the simultaneous lengthening program, and  he also shows the case of his patient  Dr. Lee takes EOS image which is one of the most sophisticated ways to check the patient's body specifically.   One of Dr. Lee's patients lengthened his target from 8cm to 10cm since his physical condition and rehab were both excellent  The patient is recovering well, going through the hydrotherapy(SwimEx) smoothly as well  The two main advantages of simultaneous lengthening are that you can lengthen 8-10cm in a short amount of time and also get an ideal body proportion 
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The case of femoral lengthening (6cm)

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In this video, Dr. Donghoon Lee talks about the case of the cosmetic leg lengthening surgery(femur 6cm). He explains about the patient's x-ray specifically, how he underwent the surgery, as well as showing how the patient recovers. Dr. Lee made an osteotomy at the bone and put the PRECICE nail inside.  after two weeks, it was lengthened around 1.4cm.  Dr. Lee points out a strong point about PRECICE which is precise rate control.  as the time passed, the bone(callus) was formed very nicely.  after reaching the target, the patient entered the consolidation phase which is waiting for the bone to get harder After the patient increased his height 6cm, within only 3 and a half months, the patient started to rehabilitate actively by riding a bicycle and getting hydrotherapy at the pool(SwimEx) It is now possible for us to overcome the complex by sophisticated surgical skills and equipment(PRECICE), but it is important to meet an experienced doctor who ...
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